Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes (comics)
| "Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes" | |
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Cover of Action Comics 858 (Late Dec, 2007). Art by Gary Frank.
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Publication date | Late December 2007 – May 2008 |
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| Title(s) | Action Comics #858–863 |
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Superman Legion of Super-Heroes Earth-Man Justice League of Earth |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Geoff Johns |
| Penciller(s) | Gary Frank |
| Inker(s) | Jonathan Sibal |
| Letterer(s) | Rob Leigh |
| Colorist(s) | Dave McCaig |
| Hardcover | ISBN |
| Softcover | ISBN |
"Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes" is a comic book story arc from DC Comics by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank, featuring the Superman character and the return of the pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths Legion of Super-Heroes. Presented in Action Comics #858–863 (Late December 2007 – May 2008), this arc marked Geoff Johns' debut as a solo writer on Action, having previously written alongside Kurt Busiek and Richard Donner.
This story arc is the second part of DC's three-year reinvention of the Legion, taking place after the JLA/JSA "Lightning Saga" story arc, with the next and final part occurring in Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds.
As the story opens on an unnamed planet in the year 3008, the planet's light violet skin colored humanoid race is in the midst of a civil war and one of the armies threatens to unleash a destructive weapon that could blow up the entire planet. To save their race from extinction, a scientist and his wife prepare to send their baby aboard a spaceship to Earth, inspired by how Superman was spared from Krypton's destruction over a thousand years ago. The spaceship leaves just as the planet explodes from the civil war's doomsday weapon. After traveling through space, the spaceship reaches Earth and lands on the outskirts of Smallville in front of a farming couple, but instead of taking in the baby alien as one of their own, the farmer takes out his rifle and kills it.
In the present day, Perry White discusses how Clark Kent needs to better his social life when he hears cries for help with his super-hearing. Finding a way out of the conversation, he changes into Superman and races to provide help. He finds a Brainiac robot attacking Metropolis, and after defeating the machine, the face opens to reveal a monitor with the face of Brainiac 5 from the Legion of Super-Heroes.
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